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Business Wire Falls for April Fools Prank, Sues FBNers

An SI Board Since April 1999

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Emcee: EL KABONG!!!	Type: Unmoderated

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2170	Bill, speaking generally...Just imagine the investigative staff that Business	Cindy Powell	-	5/6/1999
2169	Ahhh, I see—so any day of the year, it would take a highly skilled investigativ	Bill Ulrich	-	5/6/1999
2168	Business Wire's contract doesn't detail an exclusion for press releases	Cindy Powell	-	5/6/1999
2167	* OFF TOPIC * latimes.com msnbc.com moneycentral.msn.com archive.msnbc.co	EL KABONG!!!	-	5/6/1999
2166	"<i>and alot of time was wasted</i>" - Really? Anywhere n	marcos	-	5/6/1999
2165	The concept of selling the internet, piece by piece, requires &#147<i>	Bill Ulrich	-	5/6/1999
2164	antibash, re: <<So Larry, you're saying these corporations should j	Elllk	-	5/6/1999
2163	C'mon Edwarda... They avoided the obvious pitfalls!? Don't you think	Cindy Powell	-	5/6/1999
2162	I agree. It was a prank, a marvelously illustrative prank. At worst, they des	Edwarda	-	5/6/1999
2161	<i>BTW, the person who started the thread thinks this matter hilariously	The Philosopher	-	5/6/1999
2160	I meant that the phrasing was obviously not yours. Any person with a grain of	Edwarda	-	5/6/1999
2159	It's Randi, actually, and the answer is Yes. He gets, um, riled up over th	Level Head	-	5/6/1999
2158	Thank You.	Dean Dumont	-	5/6/1999
2157	<i>Amazing, isn't it? Just as the Coffee Shop Creeps disappear! </	Henry Volquardsen	-	5/6/1999
2156	<i>Well,well,well...the all the aznt pumpers put in an appearance. Imagin	Janice Shell	-	5/6/1999
2155	<i>In the sworn testimony by Mike Sylver he states that he and AZNT never	Janice Shell	-	5/6/1999
2154	<< Please Chicky, do you really think anybody takes your chicken sh#t se	Lazarus_Long	-	5/6/1999
2153	Well,well,well...the all the aznt pumpers put in an appearance. Imagine that!	Blue On Black	-	5/6/1999
2152	Gary, Gary, Gary. For some one representing themself self Pro Se, a counter sui	Dean Dumont	-	5/6/1999
2151	<i>"will Riley be representing you,</i>" And if Mr. G r	Mama Bear	-	5/6/1999
2150	He's forgotten (again) about the big 'D' word—Discovery. It's a	Bill Ulrich	-	5/6/1999
2149	<i>jeff, i am a party in the aznt defamation & libel suit against you	Janice Shell	-	5/6/1999
2148	These poor people are knee deep in a heap of sh@t. <eom>	BORIS BADENUFF	-	5/6/1999
2147	Heeeyyyyyy spidey, <i>if i were you i'd just shut up...</i>	Blue On Black	-	5/6/1999
2146	Ah, I'd forgotten this - #reply-7729137 ... was a hotel with ample green la	marcos	-	5/6/1999

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